IN PHOTOS: Snow days in P.E.I.

The Guardian

Published: Feb 01 at 9:24 p.m.

Patrick Tibbetts shovels to open his Barclay Road driveway in O’Leary Wednesday morning. Strong north and then northwest winds kept moving the newly fallen snow around throughout the afternoon and evening Tuesday and into Wednesday morning.

Brothers Hayden, 3, and Austin Arsenault, 5, enjoyed their snow day on Wednesday with a little snowball fight in Summerside. This week’s winter blast blanketed the Island with the familiar white stuff, which provided the ammunition they needed for their backyard battle.

Riley McLean of Charlottetown, an employee of GardaWorld, navigates snowy sidewalks Wednesday collecting change from the parking meters in the capital city.

The deck is cleared Wednesday morning outside the P.E.I. Convention Centre in Charlottetown following just under 20 cm of snow falling in the capital city.

Elle Sonier, left and Zoey Davidson enjoyed the snow while it lasted after an afternoon of snowfall closed Island schools early last week. The pair spent the afternoon sledding down the snow hill at Credit Union Place in Summerside.

Jamie-Lynn Cassidy, left, 11, of Stratford, races down a hill with Emma Gaudet, 12, of Charlottetown near Stonepark Intermediate School Wednesday morning.

Kent Gillespie of Charlottetown pulls his daughter up a hill near Stonepark Intermediate School in Charlottetown Wednesday morning before delighting the girl with a slide back down.

The slideshow above shows images taken by Guardian and Journal Pioneer photographers during and after the recent snowfall in P.E.I.